People v. Baldwin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, George Baldwin and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hamilton on the 24th day of January, 1920, upon the decision of the. court rendered after a trial without a jury at the Fulton county Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Kirk, J.:
The State acquired title to the lands in question, situated in Hamilton county, under a tax sale and a deed following, dated February 18, 1851. The acquired title of the State is not questioned, but the defendants claim they have gained title by adverse possession under deeds, the first of which is dated July 15, 1865. The lands had been occupied, cultivated and used, as was usual and customary in that section, since 1857 or 1858 by the defendants and their predecessors. During all the time these lands were assessed and taxes paid to the State by those in possession. These taxes…
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